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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part I, The Widow's Mite, Chapters 1-7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rick hope his story will accomplish?
(a) Get at great truths.
(b) Heal his soul.
(c) Make the dead dance with the living.
(d) To bring his family closer together.

2. What bet did Uncle Jimbo win for twenty dollars?
(a) He painted a naked lady on Gracie's car.
(b) He bet Uncle Bill's car will start.
(c) He ate a bologna sandwich while sitting on a dead donkey.
(d) He stole one of grandpa's jugs of whiskey without getting caught.

3. How would Bobby Bragg fix his hip when it went out on him?
(a) His wife would pull his leg until it popped back in.
(b) He would go to the doctor.
(c) He would drink a lot of whiskey.
(d) He would have his sons pull his leg.

4. What memory does Rick recall of his grandmother and himself when he was five?
(a) Listening to the radio in bed with her.
(b) Dancing in the kitchen.
(c) Fishing.
(d) Making cookies.

5. What does Rick say of the errors that occur in his story?
(a) They are lies created to entertain.
(b) They are there to protect people.
(c) They are only his perceptions.
(d) They are lies to hide truths.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rick say about the book being called a memoir?

2. What war was Rick's father in?

3. What does Rick Bragg mostly write about as a reporter?

4. What did Rick's grandmother die from?

5. What reason did grandpa Charlie have for shooting a neighbor woman?

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